Automatic feeder and fountain.



H. H. GRANT.

AUTOMATIC FEEDER AND FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1910.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910 fig. 1.

attomww HAItRY H. GRANT, OF W RSAW, ILLINOIS.-

- AUTOMATIC Funnies ANn-roUnrAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 5, 1910'." seriar No/ 553,722.

To all whom itmay concern: a Be it known-that I', HARRY H. GRA a citizen of the United States, residing at- VVarsaW, in the'county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful. Improvements in" Automatic Feeders and Fountains, of which the-following is aspeck ficatlom 3 p This Invention relates to' automatic feeders L0 and fountains, and has for'an object-to provide 'a. device ofthis character designed particularly for use" as'a atering trough, means, being provided whereby the water will be automatically fed from the container to the p trough-like-receiving' receptacle AstiITfurther object'of my-invention resides in the rovision of a receptacle adapt ed to' receive the ordinary Well known Mason fruitjar. I I 'In the drawing,- forming a portion of this 'specification and which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts ln'the several vieWs:Figure is a detailf'vertlcal section through my improved antomatio feeder and founta n:

Fig.- 2 is top plan- "view thereof with the reservoir removed. -Fig'. 3 is a detail planview 'of'the supporting' nember for the reservoir.

Myimproved automatic feeder and foun- 3e tain consists preferably of a" shallow panlike-receiving receptacle, the same in this insta'nce beingof cylindrical fornrand pro; vi'dedWit-h' a base portion 1 and an annular =Wall 2. The said base portion has secured thereto a, series of radial leg members 3. These leg mcmbers'areformed at their inner end's toprovide vertical portionst and hor zontal'portions 5. The POItlOIlS 5 are arranged immediately beneaththe hOllZOlltitl portion 6 of a support 7, Thls support is formed at its "center with an opcmng'B which isspaced from the base memberifor a purpose to'be hereinafter clesc r1bed. The support 7] isformed to provldea series of 45.1adial' notches 9, and asshown,tlie 1nner extremities -10 of the supportinglegsextend' into the fnotches and are then bent "int over; lapping engagement with such portion 6." In this-jm'annerof associaftingthellegs with the support 7 it will be seenthat the latter 3 maybe conveniently removed. I ffirther' ltfiacilitate the engagement of thesaid support Withthe' respective supporting leg members in the manufacture of the article and entirely obviate the provision of soldier or such -.per1nanent fastenlngimean's.

The support 7 is ioifmed' to provide a threaded flange l'l for receiving the threaded Patented Aug. 9, 19.10.-

neck portion oi thejar ,1':2; Thisjar is'of the well known type and serves as a-reservoir for the Water or food which is to be fed autoinatically to the pan-like receptacle; The legs?) are so constructed thattheir outer'eX- tremities abut the annular will of the said" pan-litre receptacle so as to center the sup-' I port and-12o hold it in the pan-like" receptacle sothat the space between thesupport andthe wall 2 of the pan-like receptacle will be the sameentirely around.

Inoperation of 'my improved feeder and fountain, the food or avater is placed in the. reservoir and the pan-lil e receptacle is invertedand engaged with the threaded neck of the said reservoir, afterivlnch the device is positionedas shown in Fig. l of the drawing-to peri nit the Water or food to feed automatically to thepan. When the device is used as a fountain "the water will be free to flow. to th'e'pan until the level of the Water is on line with the apertureinthe portion 6 of the support 7 V t The device is extremely desirable for use on stock farms Where young chickens, ducks or like fowls must be given a constant fresh 35 supply of Water.

I clalmz As a new article of manufacture, a combined feeder and fountain comprising a panlike receptacle provided on its bottom with a plurality of legslmving horizontal por-v tions spaced. from the bottom of the receptacle at a point near the center thereof, an a'pertured support .havingthe walls of its aperture formed to provide a plurality of 'notcl'ies', the said horizontal portions of the legs having their extremities extended into the notchesand bent onto the said apertured portion of the support-r, and a reservoir reinovably engaged with thefsaid support.

In testnnonyfhereof I flfl'lX my signature in presence of'tu o Witnesses.

I HARRY H. GRANT. 'lvitnesses r Enw. GRIMPE,

' C; ,E. BninKMAN. 

